Thank You & Loaded Questions.

I wanted to thank the posters and readers here because you make me a more informed and better man. I do many things now that I never used to do to bring stories to the blog. While I've always read at least two newspapers a day, I now read them with more vigor as I try to find interesting tidbits for the blog. The Daily trivia that you suggested has turned into a tremendous learning too for me. I now know more about women in history than most men. The good news stories that DR suggested that I continue to do has helped me to keep a positive outlook in a negative world. When I've sought out your help with my mom, you have been there with advise. Today I thank you for making me better.

We are playing a new game today. Because the game doesn't have correct answers there is a Who Am I at the end of the blog. The game today is called Loaded Questions. It is designed to help people get to know each other a little better. Today I would like you to answer the following loaded questions:

What would you like to keep the rest of your life? (My eyesight and what little sanity I have left)

If you were the host of a news show, what would you call it? (The Good News Report)

What is something you only need one of? (A car)

What is something your mother said that you will never forget? (You are a good man)

What would have been a more productive way to spend your time yesterday? (Cleaning house or writing)

How would someone describe the experience of meeting you for the first time? (Shy, Nice)

If your house was on fire what would you save first? (My laptop)

Your turn. Answer one, any, or all. Your choice. Then may you go through the rest of the day without anyone asking you a loaded question:

TODAY'S TRIVIA:

Yesterday's answers:

McDonald's lawyers fought with McDavid's, a burger chain in Israel, over the trademark to the name. FACT

A drug created from Gila monster salva is helping diabetics control glucose. FACT

Saddam Hussein once used Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You: as campaign theme song. FACT

The world's most dangerous snake, the black mambo-like, named for the mambo-like dance moves it makes. CRAP

During World War II, copies of the board game Monopoly were adapted to help POWS escape Nazi camps. FACT

Lemmings commit mass suicide. CRAP

The US Military studied the Frisbee to see if the same idea could be used in warfare. FACT

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Was originally a very adult Japanese comic book before it was a kid's cartoon. CRAP

Julia Roberts once thanked 112 people in a 12 minute Oscar acceptance speech. CRAP

President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House but President Ronald Reagan took them down. FACT

WHO AM I?

Born in 1819. Although I was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet I am more known as the woman who wrote a song during the Civil War. I was the fourth of seven children. My father was a well to do banker but mother died when I was five. When I was young I learned many languages: Italian, French, German, and Greek. I married a hero of the Greek revolution, a physician, in 1843. We had six children but only five lived until adulthood. The war song that I wrote was set to already existing music. The song was published in a magazine in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs of the Union. In 1870 I was the first to proclaim a certain holiday to honor some women. We still celebrate that holiday every May. From 1872 to 1879, I assisted Lucy Stone and Henry Brown Blackwell in editing a Woman's magazine. I died in 1910 at the age of 91. Among my honors are being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. I was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. It may be a battle to figure out who I am unless you sing a hymn to honor a republic. Who Am I?